A frost tender plant grown for its dark reddish-purple foliage. Often planted as a low hedge or border. Its rich colour only fully develops in open, sunny positions. Often clipped or pruned to maintain its compact shape. It produces small flowers that are fairly insignificant - it is the foliage coloration that is its main attraction.

A popular native creeping vine of the tropics that is one of the most common and most widely distributed of all salt tolerant plants. Its sprawling runners spread out from a woody rootstock and have sparse, heart-shaped to rounded leaves. Flowers are purple, 2–5 cm long and freely produced. It is hardy and thrives in harsh environments. A good local alternative.

A sprawling native prostrate shrub that will cover some 2 m or more in area under coastal/ harsh conditions. It may spread to a diameter of 4 m or so in a protected, well watered area. It has round, grey-green to silvery foliage, which also has a quite noticeable spicy fragrance. Its 2–3 cm orchid-like flowers are a rich blue-purple and produced in clusters at the tips of branches throughout the year and adapts well to garden planting.

Spreading low woody shrub that flowers from January to May, producing numerous long, brush-like red terminal flowers. Its foliage, like that of many grevilleas, is almost fern-like. As well as the more common red or pink forms, a white flowering variety is also available. This shrub will attract nectar and insectivorous birds, butterflies and nectar feeding small reptiles (lizards) into the garden.